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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

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socket 775 motherboard
by Kat 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Anyone have a socket 775 motherboard I could borrow to troubleshoot a problem.... and possibly buy, if mine turns out dead? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Katherine Scrupa Network Technology CCNA, Hons.

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Upstream vendors can harm small projects: OpenBSD dev
by Adam Thompson 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/57589-upstream-vendors-c… Interesting interview with Marc Espie, the ports maintainer for OpenBSD. -Adam

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ThinkPad X300 battery FS
by Trevor Cordes 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

If anyone has an X300 or X301 and needs a brand new battery, email me back. I got stuck with an extra and would sell at a big discount. Thanks

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Re: [RndTbl] resizing an SD card image?
by Adam Thompson 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

One thing you can *sometimes* do is write the smaller image to the card, then use gPartEd (or similar) to increase it. -Adam Grigory Shamov <Grigory.Shamov(a)ad.umanitoba.ca> wrote: >Hi, > >Any easy way to resize a bootable image for SD card? There are ready Linux >images for booting on Android devices, like MK802. The problem is, 1) >sometimes you don't have a card for that size (say 4Gb image, 8Gb card) or >2) micro-SD card come in random sizes, so an image for 8Gb card can be >some kbytes too long for a 8Gb card of another vendor. > >I probably could mount the image, copy the contents and go over the >process of creating a bootable image myself. But is there a way of doing >it with a lesser effort? > >-- >Grigory Shamov > >HPC Analyst, Westgrid/Compute Canada >E2-588 EITC Building, University of Manitoba >(204) 474-9625 > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Roundtable mailing list >Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca >http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable

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time off by 1 hour
by Trevor Cordes 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

I have a rarely-on (media player) linux box that since the daylight savings changeover (I think) always boots with the time off by 1 hour. (I think it thinks it's 1 hour later than it really is.) It's a modern(ish) Fedora 16 with the latest updates. I can set the clock correctly manually or with ntpdate and all is fine until reboot. Then it's wrong again. I am running ntpd on it to set the clock using my own internal ntpd server that does keep correct time. I did check that the timezone was set to Americas/Winnipeg and the daylight savings stuff all looks correct. I use "system clock is set to GMT". Such a silly problem, and I'm stumped!

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resizing an SD card image?
by Grigory Shamov 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hi, Any easy way to resize a bootable image for SD card? There are ready Linux images for booting on Android devices, like MK802. The problem is, 1) sometimes you don't have a card for that size (say 4Gb image, 8Gb card) or 2) micro-SD card come in random sizes, so an image for 8Gb card can be some kbytes too long for a 8Gb card of another vendor. I probably could mount the image, copy the contents and go over the process of creating a bootable image myself. But is there a way of doing it with a lesser effort? -- Grigory Shamov HPC Analyst, Westgrid/Compute Canada E2-588 EITC Building, University of Manitoba (204) 474-9625

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

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Virtual machine used to steal crypto keys from other VM on same server | Ars Technica
by Adam Thompson 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/crypto-keys-stolen-from-virtual-mac… Some of our members have been convinced this was imminent for, oh, about a decade now. It's finally happened, but as is pointed out, relies on side-chanel attacks on shared hardware. This STILL doesn't mean virtualization itself is inherently insecure... but it does mean public clouds just got a little harder to trust for high-security operations. -Adam

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MUUG Meeting, Nov 13, 7:30pm -- OpenRISC System on a Chip
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: OpenRISC System on a Chip Robert Keizer will talk about OpenRISC and its applications: * Why run an FPGA device * What you can do with one * Running a linux kernel on an FPGA * In-lining custom instructions. Instead of the RTFM segment, we'll have a Gadget show-and-tell. Bring along any gadgets or hardware you have so everyone else can see what's out there. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Our November 13 meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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